Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 437 475
Rank change year-on-year -124 +38 +25
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 76 80 60
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.77% 2.46% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 27 31
10th Percentile £213 £410 £210
25th Percentile £400 - £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £408
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +22.55% +2.00%
75th Percentile £611 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £675
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £408
% change year-on-year +2.00% +22.62% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £57.47 £40.81 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £57.20 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year +82.92% -41.75% +74.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,303 3,251 3,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.33% 11.72% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,532 2,051 2,278
10th Percentile £250 £223 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 385 166 184
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.25 £24.09
Median hourly rate £43.50 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.34 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £42.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -22.94% -15.84% -10.46%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -47 26 £585 - 2
North West -38 21 £608 - 1
London -73 21 £600 +11.63% 13
Midlands -40 10 £225 -59.09% 2
West Midlands -42 10 £225 -59.09% 2
South West -29 9 £563 +181.25% 2
South East -88 5 £600 +20.00% 4
Yorkshire - 4 £400 - 1
North East -38 1 - -
East of England -39 1 £475 -8.65% 3
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.32%) Confluence
3 1 (1.32%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.74%) Azure
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (11.84%) Entra ID
3 7 (9.21%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.95%) AWS
4 3 (3.95%) Slack
5 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) GitHub
6 1 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.32%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 40 (52.63%) Firewall
2 32 (42.11%) BGP
2 32 (42.11%) NX-OS
3 28 (36.84%) WAN
4 25 (32.89%) Wireless
5 24 (31.58%) VLAN
6 21 (27.63%) DNS
7 19 (25.00%) DHCP
7 19 (25.00%) OSPF
7 19 (25.00%) VPN
8 13 (17.11%) IOS XR
8 13 (17.11%) Network Security
9 12 (15.79%) NAS
9 12 (15.79%) SAN
9 12 (15.79%) Structured Cabling
10 11 (14.47%) EIGRP
10 11 (14.47%) Ethernet
10 11 (14.47%) SD-WAN
11 10 (13.16%) LAN
11 10 (13.16%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Git
2 3 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.32%) GitLab
3 1 (1.32%) JIRA
3 1 (1.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 33 (43.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.16%) Banking
2 10 (13.16%) Finance
3 8 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.63%) Police
4 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.32%) Electronics
5 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.32%) Legal
5 1 (1.32%) Military
5 1 (1.32%) Publishing
5 1 (1.32%) Retail
5 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (55.26%) Network Engineer
2 15 (19.74%) Architect
2 15 (19.74%) Senior
3 11 (14.47%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (14.47%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (13.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Technical Architect
6 6 (7.89%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Core Network Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Help Desk Support
6 6 (7.89%) Help Desk Support Technician
6 6 (7.89%) Help Desk Technician
6 6 (7.89%) Network Architect
6 6 (7.89%) Senior Core Network Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Support Technician
7 4 (5.26%) IT Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) IT Support
7 4 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.53%) Terraform
2 7 (9.21%) NETCONF
2 7 (9.21%) REST
3 5 (6.58%) 802.1X
4 4 (5.26%) YANG
5 3 (3.95%) RESTCONF
6 2 (2.63%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (31.58%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.89%) Smartphone
4 5 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.95%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.63%) BYOD
7 2 (2.63%) CMDB
7 2 (2.63%) Hedge funds
7 2 (2.63%) Mobile Computing
8 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.32%) Life Science
8 1 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.32%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.32%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.11%) Windows
2 9 (11.84%) Android
3 6 (7.89%) Linux
4 3 (3.95%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.37%) ITSM
2 16 (21.05%) Migration
3 13 (17.11%) Network Segmentation
4 10 (13.16%) Customer Service
5 8 (10.53%) Asset Management
5 8 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (9.21%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (9.21%) Mentoring
6 7 (9.21%) Validation
7 6 (7.89%) AI
7 6 (7.89%) Customer Experience
7 6 (7.89%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 6 (7.89%) Network Architecture
7 6 (7.89%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (7.89%) Problem Management
7 6 (7.89%) Project Delivery
7 6 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (6.58%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.58%) Project Planning
8 5 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.89%) Python
2 2 (2.63%) Perl
2 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.32%) Bash
3 1 (1.32%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (44.74%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (35.53%) CCNP
3 26 (34.21%) Security Cleared
4 20 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 15 (19.74%) CCNA
6 11 (14.47%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (14.47%) Server+ Certification
7 10 (13.16%) CCIE
7 10 (13.16%) DV Cleared
8 4 (5.26%) Degree
9 2 (2.63%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.32%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (1.32%) CCIE Security
10 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.32%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) SLA
2 3 (3.95%) NIST
3 1 (1.32%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.26%) vSphere
4 3 (3.95%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.63%) Docker
6 1 (1.32%) Firmware
6 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.32%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (21.05%) Ansible
2 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.89%) SCCM
4 3 (3.95%) FortiGate
4 3 (3.95%) Nagios
5 2 (2.63%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.32%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (26.32%) Fortinet
3 18 (23.68%) Microsoft
4 13 (17.11%) ServiceNow
5 12 (15.79%) Arista
6 11 (14.47%) Juniper
7 9 (11.84%) VMware
8 8 (10.53%) Meraki
9 7 (9.21%) Palo Alto
10 6 (7.89%) Canon
11 5 (6.58%) F5
12 4 (5.26%) SevOne
13 3 (3.95%) Citrix
13 3 (3.95%) NetScout
13 3 (3.95%) SolarWinds
13 3 (3.95%) Splunk
14 2 (2.63%) FireEye
14 2 (2.63%) McAfee
15 1 (1.32%) Aruba
15 1 (1.32%) Rockwell